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Kate Garraway says her husband Derek Draper’s doctors claim ‘contraceptive pill could protect MEN against coronavirus’
KATE Garraway has claimed doctors treating her sick husband Derek Draper told her the contraceptive pill could protect MEN against coronavirus.
The 53-year-old insisted medics were convinced putting the whole nation on the medication could help fight Covid-19.
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Her claim follows a new study showing women who take the contraceptive pill are less likely to develop "serious coronavirus symptoms".
Kate explained how she had been told by two doctors from separate hospitals about the theory as she begged for answers.
It was before Derek was put into an induced coma and any trials had been carried out at the beginning of the UK's coronavirus battle.
Kate said on Good Morning Britain today: "Very early on when Derek first got sick, he was still conscious and wasn't in the induced coma.
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"I was talking to anyone I could about what could be done to help.
"This was pre the trials of some of the thing we've seen used like steroids.
"After I asked 'what would you do right now if you could before the trials', one doctor said to me at St Thomas's and one elsewhere, they both said, almost flippantly, they'd put the nation - including men - on the contraceptive pill.
Coronavirus impacted by contraceptive pill, study finds
ANALYSIS of more than half a million women has shown those who take the contraceptive pill are less likely to develop serious coronavirus symptoms.
A study has found that oestrogen plays a "crucial role" in the battle against COVID-19.
Researchers from King's College London analysed data from almost 600,000 women in the UK who use the COVID Symptom Study app.
Post-menopausal women were 22 per cent more likely to report suffering from Covid-19 symptoms than women who still had periods.
But women taking the combined contraceptive pill, which contains oestrogen, had lower rates of Covid-19 symptoms.
Meanwhile those who no longer have periods were more likely to be hospitalised and need respiratory support.
"What we're seeing statistically, is that actually women seem to be less affected.
"They both said there must be some connection between oestrogen that's good in tackling this virus and testosterone that's not so good."
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After an analysis of more than half a million women, research showed oestrogen plays "crucial role in protecting against Covid-19".
Kate the findings to Dr Amir Khan, who stood in as a guest GP on GMB today, who said: "We wouldn't recommend all men going on the contraceptive pill until we've seen more evidence."
Kate's husband Derek is still fighting for his life following his coronavirus battle.
Although he's out of his induced coma, the 52-year-old still has "minimal consciousness".
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